"But I was desolate and sick of an old passion / When I awoke and found the dawn was gray"

[larryhammer]

Myths ought to be busted. Nonetheless, I'm sad about this one.

It's almost as disappointing as realizing Camino de Calle Road, a street in a housing development outside Tucson, is apocryphal. Ah well.

We still get to complain about the redundancy in the La Brea Tar Pits, though.

---L.

Comments

[rymrytr.livejournal.com]

If I understand the concept then, we could add Walla Walla (in Washington state), meaning "water water"; used for "many waters" or "lots of water", by the American Indian.

[larryhammer]

Nah -- many languages naturally make plural forms by reduplication. It's not redundant but grammatically correct, in those cases.

---L.

[rymrytr.livejournal.com]

Oh well...

I used to be smart - then I got old!

:o)